Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...

Uncover the enigma of La Mano del Desierto, a colossal hand sculpture rising from Chile's Atacama Desert, baffling and ...

Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...

Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

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This Chilean desert became a scapegoat for reckless humans who have no regard for how they affect the natural resources.

At an incredible 5,800 metres (19,000ft) above sea level, this road has been declared the world's highest and climbs up the ...

A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.

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The telescope is a project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organisation and is under ...